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Irish_Joe.The_Boy_Th.tex

 1\chapauth{Irish Joe}
 2\chapter{The Boy That Lived}
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 8It all started when Luke Bavarious was aroused by a knock at his
 9door. ``Who is it?'' the mighty detective shouted from the comfort of
10his bed. No answer but the sound of more knocking. Disgruntled,
11Luke raised himself to his feet, still wavering from a night of
12heavy drinking. ``Damn you all'' he shouted, approaching the door.
13Leaning against the frame, he began to undo the lock when a shot
14rang out. Looking down he saw a smoking crater where his peep hole
15used to be. Thanking God he was too hung over to see anything, let
16alone use his peep hole, Luke staggered back from the door and
17reached for his Magnum Revolver lying on the coffee table.
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21The second shot didn't startle the brilliant gumshoe as much as the
22vintage leather Ottoman lying between him and his gun. Falling head
23first into the coffee table, Luke was barely able to grab his
24Magnum Revolver, roll over, cock and fire the gun twice at the man
25kicking in his front door before he passed out.
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29Luke awoke in the darkness of a car trunk. 'Its eerily quiet,' the
30great protagonist remarked to himself. He then felt a sudden warmth
31on the back of his leg. Luke reached around his muscular thighs to
32feel about and find the source of the warmth. Blood! A second man
33lie with Bavarious in the trunk. Before he could ponder further
34upon this discovery, the car ground to a halt. Luke furiously
35grabbed at the darkness searching for something, anything that
36could be used as a weapon. As the mysterious driver exited the car
37and approached the rear, Luke grasped on to the only thing he could
38find, a large black iron tire iron.
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42The rattle of keys. The click of a lock. The sound of fury and
43bone, crushing and yelping, cries of disbelief, anger and surprise.
44Then silence as Luke Bavarious stood alone.
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48The awesome dick did not know who the two men were: one lying
49bloodied on the ground with grey matter strewn to and fro on the
50road, the other in the trunk, intestines drooping from a Magnum
51hole in his stomache and half his face missing from one in his
52head. It did not matter, for though it may sound strange to you,
53dear reader, the fickle nature of Lady Death was all too familiar
54to Luke Bavarious. She has pusued him with a vengence since the day
55he was born all those years ago in an abortion clinic. 'The Boy Who
56Lived' they called him. Lady Death had another name for him, 'The
57One That Got Away." She tried as she might to catch him throughout
58the years: car crashes, earthquakes, sicknesses and contagions,
59shipwrecks. However, nothing could kill Luke Bavarious. And as the
60trail of bodies he leaves behind continues to grow it seems that
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